Saturday a plane travelling from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to St Petersburg, Russia, crashed with the loss of all on board after allegedly reporting technical difficulties ahead of the disaster; however, hours later Islamic State terrorists claimed they brought down the plane and we tweeted was it a ﻿bomb﻿? Now it seems it may have been just that.

The plane reportedly broke up in the air before crashing to earth.

Russia initially dismissed claims made by Islamic State terrorists that they had downed the plane but some airlines diverted flight paths to avoid the area.

Wednesday Prime Minister David Cameron has suspended all Sharm el-Sheikh flights from the U.K. as Number 10 says airliner 'may well have been brought down by bomb'.

Sharm is a popular destination with British tourists; it is especially popular in the 'winter months' due to its climate.

Russian tourists also love this resort in Egypt which by and large had remained safe in spite of the Arab Spring of 2011 and the uncertainty that followed.

Around 20,000 British tourists could currently be in the resort of Sharm and may have to be evacuated.

Then there are those with imminent travel plans to the region. Travel companies will take a tough financial hit but worst hit will be the people of Egypt.

Tourism in Egypt has yet to fully recover from the Arab Spring and its fall out. Sharm had remained fairly popular but if tourist trade there is lost the Egyptian economy will probably be at crisis point.

The controversial leader of Egypt, former army general President al-Sisi, is due to undertake a visit to the U.K. and meet with David Cameron. The British P.M. maintains the visit will help the U.K. in its fight against Islamic State.

However this week Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn condemned David Cameron’s invitation to the Egyptian president saying "Abdel Fatah al-Sisi threatens Britain’s national security rather than protecting it" and it is not difficult agreeing with Corbyn.

The Egyptian president has overseen state killings of more than 2,500 political opponents since coming to power last year and has failed thousands of journalists. But despite his record he arrives in London later this evening ahead of talks with Mr Cameron on Thursday.

In a statement issued shortly before Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Corbyn said: “David Cameron’s invitation to Britain today of the Egyptian president and coup leader Abdel Fatah al-Sisi shows contempt for human and democratic rights and threatens, rather than protects, Britain’s national security.

“Support for dialogue and negotiated conflict resolution in the Middle East is vital to us all. But to welcome and bolster with military support the coup leader who overthrew a democratically elected president in 2013 and has presided over the killing and jailing of many thousands since makes a mockery of government claims to be promoting peace and justice in the region.

“Support for dictatorial regimes in the Middle East has been a key factor fuelling the spread of terrorism. Rather than rolling out the red carpet to President Sisi, the Prime Minister should suspend arms exports to Egypt until democratic and civil rights are restored.”

British government ministers involved have said that the resort of Sharm is not the problem but rather airport screening. The Egyptian authorities have urged that time is allowed for a full investigation of the crash to take place.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says specific intelligence was behind the flight suspension but he has not made any details public.

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